Essex County Council: External fostering placements

UK-Chelmsford: Health and social work services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Essex County Council
       County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1QH, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3457430430, Email: rachel.horne@essex.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: www.essex.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKH3
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: External fostering placements    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      85000000 - Health and social work services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      As detailed within the previous PIN (2017/S 179-365997), Essex County Council is conducting a series of market engagement events for those interested in delivering external fostering placements for children and young people up to the age of 18 in Essex.
Essex County Council would like to invite organisations to attend the third market engagement event which will take place on 24th July 2018 from 12:00 until 14:30 at the Chapter House, Cathedral Walk, Chelmsford CM1 1NX in the St Cedds room.
Candidates are advised that this event will focus on the following key areas:
- Overview of the proposed pricing schedule
- Key performance indicators for this service
- Advice for prospective candidates on how to tender for public sector procurements
- Indicative timescales
To reserve a space at this event, please e-mail: External.Fostering@essex.gov.uk by 17:00 on Monday 16th July 2018.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKH3 - Essex    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      During this event, providers will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the Council's commissioning intentions and raise any ideas, views and suggestions with commissioners and members of the project board.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         10/08/2018
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=330066535
GO-2018629-PRO-12702413 TKR-2018629-PRO-12702412        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 29/06/2018